Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-03-24
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The artesian well at Clinton is now
bored over 1000 feet, increasing the
flow of fine water
Rev. B. Hall, for more than fifty years
minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church and well known in Indiana, Ken
lucky. Tennessee. Illinois and Iowa, died
March 18th at his home in Waukon, Iowa,
where ne has resided twenty three years.
The open saloons in Muscatine will
soon be things of the past as the law and
order element is closing around the viola
tors of the prohibitory law.
The State reunion of the Ancient Order
of Hiberians will be held at Iowa City,
June end.
An agricultural warehouse at Delmar,
Clinton county, burned March 49, Loss,
81, 900. The town had narrow escape
and only hard work saved it.
The council at Creston has passed an
ordinance granting a twenty-i year
franchise to James Gamble, of New York,
for water works. The city rents fifty
hydrants. at $50 each per year for its pur-
poses. The works will be put in at once.
Saturday evening, March 49,, a young
man named Sam Arrowood, aged about
II, in company with two companions, de-
scended into the coal mines at Altoona.
Reaching the bottom they found miner
about to discharge blast, and asked the
privilege of igniting the fuse favor that
was incautiously granted The fuse was
successfully lighted, and plenty of time
elapsed for Arrowood to escape, but very
indiscretly he took refuge near the blast,
which, when it exploded, hurled large
chunk of coal in his direction, striking
him in the head and almost killing him.
Deceased was the main support of large
! family; his father and mother being very
old and feeble, while the balance of the
children are comparatively young.
Frank Mosher, brakeman in the EN-
| ploy of the Rock Island on the KeokuE
division, while uncoupling the engine
from train at Otley on Sunday morning
March 90, was run over and instantly
killed. The train had pulled into the
station, but had not yet come to stand
still, when, desiring to expedite matters,
Mosher stepped down between the tender
and forward car, and placing one foot
on the brake beam of the car and the
other ON that of the tender, pulled the
pin and gave the engineer the signal to
go ahead" The latter at once pulled
| quickly away toward the water tank, sup.
! posing that Mosher had secured himself
against danger. When the engine parted
from the train it spread the feet of the
brakeman apart and his foot slipping
from the tender, he fell to the track and
was run over and cut in two by the NOV
ing train, death ensuing almost instantly.
| The remains were transferred to Monroe
where the parents of the unfortunate
young man reside.
George Douglass, a well known and
respected farmer of Grant township,
Adams county, committed suicide, March
II, by shooting himself in the head with
a revolver. He went out to the granary
to commit the deed, where he was found
soon after by his son. He leaves wife
and six children. No cause is or can reas
onably be assigned for the rash act, un-
less it was his long continued i'll health
Henry Hiram, 80 years old, of Keokuk,
while stealing a ride on the Keokuk &
Western train, March II, jumped from
the car near Sedan, receiving two severe
cuts in the head and having three fingers
cut off by the wheel striking him.
The Wabash is now running two Re
clining Chair cars on all trains between
St. Louis and Kansas City, one car being
especially reserved for local traffic. The
new cars are elegantly fitted up with the
Gilfllan Chairs and are the most com
Portable coaches in the country. Seats
are free of extra charge
Three men digging a well on the Ton
Cousins farm on Lake West Okoboji
near Spirit Lake, struck coal at depth
Of twelve feet.
E. NJ Otis, stock dealer of Usage
fell under the cars March IA, while load
ing stock, DR.. J. L. Whitney, assisted by
Drs Chase and Gable, amputated his
right leg above the knee. His left foo
is bruised but otherwise he escaped and
at present is doing as well as could be
expected.
The three adventurous young men from
Livermore, whose burglarious exploits al
Humboldt have previously been told of
were indicted and plead guilty to the
charges of burglary and larceny before
the district court. Judge Carr pronounced
their sentence. They were each fined SO
for larceny and S25 and one days i'm
prisonment for burglary.
A bad fire occurred at Chillicothe Mar.
IA. Campbell's drug store, Waddington's
-four store, the postoftice and Rays hard
ware store were burned. Loss. $1,000
insurance, $500.
Nels Sorenson was drowned in the
Mississippi river at Lyons March Is, by
the upsetting of a skiff. The river is
free of ice and the ferry is running.
The father of a boy who was recently
run over by the cars at Davenport and
MANNED for life, has begun suit in the
district court against saloon keeper fol
selling his boy intoxicating liquors and
thereby contributing to cause the acci.
dent, in the sum of 1876, 200. The boy
himself enters damage suit agains
another saloon keeper in the sum of
$4,000.
A frame building in South Pella, be,
longing to the II. J. Jewett estate. and
occupied by B. Ii. Calhoon, prominent
stock buyer. was burned to the ground
on March II. Most of the contents were
saved. Loss about $500; fully insured
The fire originated from defective
fue.
A union depot company has been form
ed at Ottumwa, and work is being push
: ed, the necessary filing being made by
, teams and trains. The depot will cos
800, 900, and will be hurried to compile
a ton.
, Thomas Foster alias Edward Meyers, ;
St. Louis horse buyer, shielded at Colum
L. L I.